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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Run No. 34, 4,020 acres; annual rental, £60 4s. 6d.: The
run is chiefly open country covered with fern, with bush in the
gullies; but it is more broken than Run 33. It will have
two ways of access—one by Ruakituri, at which point it is
but a little distance from the present bridle-road, the other
from Tiniroto, distant about eight miles.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Wellington for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 16th September, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act,
1892,” that the under-mentioned section will be sold
by public auction, at the upset price noted opposite thereto,
at the Rangitikei County Council Office, Marton, on Satur-
day, the 19th October, 1895, at noon.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.
Rangitoto Survey District (Agricultural Reserve).

Section. | Block. | Area. | Upset Price | Total
| | A. R. P. | per Acre. | Upset Price.
| | £ s. d. | £ s. d.
Part 25 | II. | 80 0 0 | 7 0 0 | 560 0 0

This section is situated about two miles from Marton Post-
office and Railway-station, fronting a good metalled dray-
road. The soil is fair clay, on a papa and gravel formation;
the land is open and in grass; surrounded by a gorse hedge.
There is also a gorse hedge through the centre, dividing the
section into two paddocks.

Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, together
with £1 Crown-grant fee, within thirty days thereafter;
otherwise the part of the purchase-money paid by way of
deposit shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of
the land be null and void.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs, Parish of Matata, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 26th August, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
small grazing-runs will be open for lease on applica-
tion on and after Wednesday, the 23rd day of October, 1895,
at the rentals noted below.

In the event of more than one application being received
for the same run on the same day, priority of selection will
be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

SCHEDULE.

WHAKATANE COUNTY.—PARISH OF MATATA.

Run No. | Area. | Annual Rent.
| A. R. P. | £ s. d.
10 .. .. .. | 8,960 0 0 | 56 0 0
10B .. .. .. | 10,000 0 0 | 62 10 0

Both runs are situated about five miles from the Town-
ship of Matata, and comprise open and bush land, broken,
and of inferior quality. Run No. 10 is weighted with £387
for improvements effected. Term of lease, twenty-one years.

Full particulars may be obtained on application at the
office.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land in Tauranga County for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that a lease of the under-mentioned
land, for a term of seven years, will be offered at
public auction at the Land Office, Tauranga, on Wednesday,
the 30th day of October, 1895, at 11 a.m.

TAURANGA COUNTY.

Parish of Tahawai, Section 2, containing 16 acres 3 roods:
Upset annual rent, £1.

Term of lease: Seven years, without right of renewal.
No compensation for improvements during either the cur-
rency or at the termination of the lease, but the lessee will
have the right to remove any fences or buildings that may
have been erected.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Land in Mongonui for Sale by Public Auction.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Auckland, 8th September, 1895.

IT is hereby notified that the lease of the under-mentioned
land, for a term of fourteen years, will be offered at
public auction, at this office, on Friday, the 1st day of
November, 1895, at 11 a.m.

SUBURBS OF MANGONUI.

Lot 1, containing 2 acres and 23 perches: Upset annual
rental, £2. Lease offered subject to £20 for improvements.

Terms of lease: Fourteen years, without right of renewal.
No compensation allowed for improvements during either
the currency or at the termination of the lease.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application to the Validation Court under “The Native Land
(Validation of Titles) Act, 1893.”

IN THE VALIDATION COURT,
HELDEN AT GISBORNE.

In the application of HEREWAKA POATA for validation of the
contract for sale of three shares in the Tauwharetoi
No. 3 Block, containing 4,057 acres.

HEREWAKA POATA, of Kaiti, near Gisborne, abo-
riginal native (wife of Thomas William Porter,
land agent and licensed interpreter), applies for the
validation of her undivided estate in the above block, and
that effect may be given to a conditional order of partition
made by the Native Land Court at Wairoa on or about the
25th day of November, 1890, awarding all that piece of land
called Tauwharetoi No. 3A, containing 1,352 acres, a little
more or less, to the applicant as being her said estate.

The applicant desires to appear before the Validation
Court on Monday, the 7th day of October, 1895, at 10 a.m.,
or at the first sitting of the said Court thereafter.

The nature of the transaction proposed for validation is a
deed of conveyance dated the 23rd day of July, 1883, made
by Watikeni Tukairu, Oriwia Wata, and Oriwia Tuatine,
aboriginal natives, to the applicant, in consideration of the
sum of £75 paid to each of such Natives for the whole of
their shares or interests in the said Tauwharetoi No. 3 Block,
the title to the land then being memorial of ownership.

The estate which the applicant seeks to obtain is an
estate in fee-simple.

The address for service of the applicant in the Town of
Gisborne is at the office of Thomas William Porter, agent.

The applicant desires that copies of this application shall
be served upon the Natives named in the application afore-
said or their representatives, as by the list of names lodged
herewith.

Dated at Gisborne, this 26th day of August, 1895.
HEREWAKA POATA
(By her Agent,
T. W. PORTER).

To the Registrar of the Validation Court,
Gisborne. 563

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Omahu No. 3 Block.—
In the Native Appellate Court, New Zealand.

In the matter of the Omahu No. 3 Block, and of an appeal
made by Mere Taki from the decision of the Native Land
Court in the matter of the confirmation of a lease from
the appellant to W. M. Broughton.

NOTICE is hereby given that, by notice to the Registrar
and with leave of the Chief Judge, the said appeal has
been withdrawn, and that such withdrawal has been approved
by the Chief Judge.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1895.
H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.

Application for Probate.

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 21st September, 1895.

In the matter of the will of MEREHANA KEREOPA, otherwise
MEREHANA TE ATAOTU, otherwise MEREHANA WIREMU, of
Normanby, formerly of Kaiapoi, deceased.

APPLICATION having been made by Kuini Wi Thompson
that probate be granted of the aforesaid will:
It is hereby notified that all persons opposing such appli-
cation must lodge a caveat, in manner prescribed, within
two calendar months after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

H. DUNBAR JOHNSON,
Registrar.